piano_71 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 I was looking over the list of waveforms for the Solo Synth (p.10 of the appendix manual) and see the usual waveforms (sine, triangle, square, sawtooth), but each one has three variations - the waveform itself, then -L and -B. This is true of the XW-P1's native waveforms, plus the ones sampled from other synths (such as the CZ waveforms). But what do these -L and -B suffixes mean? When would you use one vs. the others? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Today I asked myself the same question.B - waveforms have a split, so they sound only in lower octave, this implies they are for bass sounds ?L - leads ???Anyone ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jokeyman123 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 "Questions about PCM tones" topic in this forum started by AlenK nailed this one-B means bass and L means low. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piano_71 Posted March 20, 2014 Author Share Posted March 20, 2014 I went and read that other thread, and that is what I got out of it: The "B" version only plays up to C5 and is used for creating bass sounds with lots of harmonics.The "L" version sounds an octave lower than played. It covers the entire keyboard, but if transposed up an octave, aliasing artifacts appear in the higher range. A quick 'n' dirty test for aliasing is to pitch-bend the sound. If there are any sounds other than a smooth glide up/down in pitch (such as timbre variations or overtones moving in an opposite direction), those are aliasing artifacts. These artifacts are unavoidable in a digital system because of the way PCM digital audio works. It would seem the normal waveform is the one to use, unless you find aliasing artifacts; then switch to the "L" or "B" version as appropriate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlenK Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 It would seem the normal waveform is the one to use, unless you find aliasing artifacts; then switch to the "L" or "B" version as appropriate.Actually, what I wrote may have misled you a tad. If you know you won't be playing higher than C5 (e.g., you are making a bass tone) then you can probably use the -B waveform, or the -L waveform if you are sensitive to aliasing. They will sound richer than the normal waveform. If you need to play higher, then use the normal waveform. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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